Carbon Accounting

Are COP28 carbon market talks headed for disappointment?

Carbon Accounting

Are COP28 carbon market talks headed for disappointment?

Nations at COP28 are at risk of greenlighting carbon trading rules that 'lack any meaningful oversight or transparency', observers warn

clock 10 December 2023 • 6 min read
CDP: Company nature risk reporting lagging far behind climate data disclosure

Management

CDP: Company nature risk reporting lagging far behind climate data disclosure

CDP calls for more comprehensive environmental risk reporting as hundreds of organisations back ISSB’s sustainability disclosure standards

clock 04 December 2023 • 4 min read
COP28: New global private sector climate data platform unveiled

Carbon Accounting

COP28: New global private sector climate data platform unveiled

Emmanuel Macron and Michael Bloomberg debut proof of concept for new Net-Zero Data Public Utility

clock 02 December 2023 • 2 min read
Carbon Accounting Alliance: Trade body formed to represent burgeoning sector

Carbon Accounting

Carbon Accounting Alliance: Trade body formed to represent burgeoning sector

Group brings together more than 35 companies from across the rapidly-expanding field of carbon accounting and footprinting

clock 21 November 2023 • 2 min read
Unilever CEO signals radical shift in sustainability agenda

Management

Unilever CEO signals radical shift in sustainability agenda

Under new Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher, sustainability looks set to become part of a composite score by which brand managers evaluate performance

clock 10 November 2023 • 4 min read
We can't afford to get carbon budgets wrong

Policy

We can't afford to get carbon budgets wrong

Carbon budgets are critical to reaching climate goals - they require debate, but must remain ambitious, writes Turner & Townsend's James Hardy

clock 06 November 2023 • 5 min read
'Clear line in the sand': 94 per cent of top UK listed firms have set net zero targets

Management

'Clear line in the sand': 94 per cent of top UK listed firms have set net zero targets

Latest report from Net Zero Tracker confirms majority of large corporates globally are now 'on the right side of the line on net zero intent', but warns urgen action now needed to deliver on targets

clock 06 November 2023 • 4 min read
'Less net, more zero': OVO limits offsets to 10 per cent of emissions in beefed up net zero plan

Energy

'Less net, more zero': OVO limits offsets to 10 per cent of emissions in beefed up net zero plan

PARTNER INSIGHT: Energy giant doubles down on net zero target with plan to reduce reliance on offsets and increase investment in home energy efficiency

clock 02 November 2023 • 3 min read
CDP: $33bn-worth of investors and corporates join push for high-emitting firms to set science based targets

Carbon Accounting

CDP: $33bn-worth of investors and corporates join push for high-emitting firms to set science based targets

Around 2,100 high-emitting companies, including FedEX, Eskom, Nippon Steel Corp, Rio Tinto, and JD.com are being targeted by CDP's campaign to set science-aligned climate goals

clock 02 November 2023 • 3 min read
CDP secures environmental disclosures from a record 23,000 companies

Carbon Accounting

CDP secures environmental disclosures from a record 23,000 companies

Companies disclosing environmental impacts through CDP now account for over two-thirds of global market capitalisation

clock 18 October 2023 • 4 min read